Canadian Navigable Waters Act Notice May 8, 2025

City of Brantford hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans.

Pursuant to paragraph 7(2) of the said Act,

City of Brantford has deposited with the Minister of Transport, on the on-line Common Project Search Registry (http://cps.canada.ca/) under the NPP File Number 2025-414227 a description of the following work, its site and plans:

Brant’s Crossing Bridge Superstructure Replacement and West Pier Repair including cofferdam, platforms, and debris containment in, on, over, and across the Grand River at the Brant’s Crossing Bridge.

The Brant’s Crossing Bridge is located between Fordview Park (8 Fordview Court, Brantford), and Elements Casino Brantford (40 Icomm Dr, Brantford).  The Brant’s Crossing Bridge is located between the Lorne Bridge spanning the Grand River (Colborne St West) upstream, and the TH&B Recreational Bridge spanning the Grand River downstream, in the City of Brantford.

Comments regarding the effect of this work on marine navigation can be sent through the Common Project Search site mentioned above under the Comment section (search by the above referenced NPP File Number) or if you do not have access to the internet, by sending your comments directly to:

Navigation Protection Program – Transport Canada

100 S Front St, 1st Floor
Sarnia ON
N7T 2M4

Transport Canada (TC) will not make your comments on a project available to the public on the online public registry. However, any information related to a work is considered as unclassified public record and could be accessible upon legal request. As such, the information and records provided should not contain confidential or sensitive information. If you want to provide confidential or sensitive information that you think should not be made public, please contact TC before submitting it.  

However, comments will be considered only if they are in writing (electronic means preferable) and are received not later than 30 days after the publication of the last notice. Although all comments conforming to the above will be considered, no individual response will be sent.

Posted at the City of Brantford, Ontario, this 8th day of May, 2025.

The Corporation of the City of Brantford